Type-writing machine and the like.



N0: 848,274. PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907. F. X. WAGNER. TYPE WRITING MACHINE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1903.

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' j I. X. WAGNER.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1903.

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P. :X. WAGNER. I TYPE WRITING MACHINE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1903.

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WITNESSES. INVENTUR UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE.

FRANZ x. WAGNER, on NEW YORK, N. A'ssIeNoE To UNDERWOOD TYPE4 WRITER COMPANY,

JERSEY.

TYPE-wmrme' MACHINE AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed J 11119.18. 1908- fieriel No. 162,027.

Patented March 26, 1907.

To alllwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANZ X. WAGNER, a citizen of the United-States, and a resident of the borough of Bronx, city, county, and State of'NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writing Machines and the Like, of ,which the folbelong to one .of the double-function keys.

end of the key-lever is pivoted about a transverse axis A which therefore is parallel with the axis A, a key member D, carrying lowing is a specification.

Mv-"nvention relates to type-writers and the like, and has for its object. to rovide:im-.

proved mechanism by means 0 which the ordinary type-keys or printingiq-keys may be I as the oper ation of atabulatmg'mechanism'. IThe'keysv utilized for other urposes, suc

in my improved machine, therefore, have a double function, and by the im' rovedconstruction hereinafter described connected therewith, the .section being taken 'on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

tion of the escapement mechanism and adj a'-. "cent parts, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of Fig. 4 is arear elevacrtain parts. p l A designates one of thosekey-levers which This key-lever is fulcrumed on the frame of the machine at A and has any suitable con nection with any approved type mechanism, (not .shown)as,"for instance, throu h. the medium of an elbow-lever B, fulcrumerI at B. The key-lever also operates the escapement mechanism in any approved n1annerfo'r inp stance, through the medium of auniversal bar O, engaged by a toe A At the front a key D at its upper end. A spring E is provided for normally keeping the key member Din .the forward position. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

The key member D is arranged to be swungv on the transverse axis A toward the maam' enabled to provide a double-function key-of great simforwardly a r0 F, which extends'transtends to throw, so as tokeep the rod Fin engagement with the portion DR -of the key OF NEW YORK, N. Y. A CORPORATION OF NEW chine, the lower portion'D of the key. grr lber'D being a'da ted to engage aniltto rock versely of the maehine'and is carried-by arms F, secured to a rock-shaft G, which-a spring H (engaging "a stationary pin II) member D. On the rock-shaft G is also se-. 'v

cured a crank-arm'I, provided with a pin I extending over the ordinary tabulatingkey J. In the normal position the pin I lies in front of the pm I. the key J is provided with an upwardly-inclined:surface, J on which said pinflis adapted'to ride,- so as to swing the tabu atingkey J about-its fulcrum J. I This is done for the purpose-of bringingabout the a release of the carriag eas, for instance, by

the following means :The rear-end of 'the tabulating-key lever is connected by a link K with an armL upon a rock-shaft L, supported at the rear'portioiif of thegmachine'. This rock-shaft is provided with an arm M,

adapted to operate a carriage-release mech-v anism-that 1s, -a device which temporarily frees the carriage from the escapement-'so as a depression J of the tabulating-key. In

to allow it to jump under the influence of the spring which propels the carriage. This release meohanisrmmay be of anyt suitable'con- I 'struction and may consist of a frame-N,hav-

ingshoulders N, arranged. to engage projecto thus pull'the feed-dogs out :of engagement with the rack P on the carriage Q.

Preferably a brake'R is combined release mechanism, so that such brake will be applied to a rail Q ofthecarriage atthe same time that the feed-dogs are brought out} of engagement with the carriage-rack. The

brake R is connected at R to the frame N and is adapted to frictionally engage theupwillnot be released until the lever J is near the end'of itsmovement, so thatthe adjust-.

ment or positioning of. the tabulatingestop, presentl to be described, will take place before e release ofthe carriage.

er surface ,of the rail Q as the'frame .N is

v J tions 0", extending'fromthe feed-dogsO, and

The arm L has at its rearend aflpivotal connection L with a transverse lever L extending adjacent to a tabulating-stop and provided with a pin L adapted to engage a shoulder S on said stop. The tabulating-' stop has vertical movement and is guided by means of a screw S and a lug S which also forms an abutment to brace the stop when the carriage'is thrown against it. The lower I end of the stop is provided with a pin S against which bears an armT', pressed downward by a spring T, so as to normally keep the tabulating-stop in its ,lower position. .a In I such position thestop does not project above the lug S The upper end of the stop is formed witha stepped-surface S facing in the direction from which the carriage comes during its tabulating movement; The steps are so arranged that the horizontal distance between their vertical surfaces corresponds 'to letter-spaces. This movable tabu'latingstop is adapted to cooperate with-any suitable projection on the carriage QVas for. instance,

j a stop U, secured to or forming part of a slid- II, pivoted to t ingmemberU provided with lugs. These lugs are arranged to partially embrace abar or rail Q ,--Wl1ICh extends either 'whollyor partly across the width of the machine. The said sliding member and stop U arefadjust able along the bar or rail Q and are adapted to be lockedin osition by means of a tooth lieslidingmember U, which tooth U" engages a rack-Qfifpn the carriage.

7 It will be understood that. dhcording as the tabulating-stop S is raised mare or less it will stop the carriage at diiferentpoints. The amount by'which said stop is raised by the simple depression of the .tabu'lating-key J corresponds, for instance, to the position atv which the period is placed when Writing decimal fractions. In order that the stop may be moved to other denominational positions, I have provided the following mechanism, which is operated by. the' movement of the key members 'it beingunderstood that ina. practice the machine will comprise ai pl'urality ofsuch members, although only of them has been shown in the drawings. The

' lower ortions D ofthese key members are 2. be placed in the same'position on t provi ed with inclines or cam portions adapted to engage anddepress pins Yfgprojected from arms V,'which are held on a taskmade likethe'longest cam portion shown in said figure" In the first instance the .pins- V are arranged inalinement when looking from the top, whilein the second instance, if all the cam portions are alike, the pins V must be arranged in staggered fashion when viewed in plan.

It will bej'readily understood that if equal angular movements are givento the several key members I) such movements will impart different angular movements to the ro'ek-.

shaft W, as each key member D will .move

independently for some time before it strikes the corresponding pin V and theextent of: such independent movement will vary for I each ofth'e aims v. .The rock-shaft W is connected by an arm w with the .tabulating the amount 0 movement given. to the tabulating sltop S by theo eration of any one'of 'stop' S. v. The arts are so, dimensioned that the key members D will be greater than the movement produced by a depression of the tabulating-key J. A scale X, rovided with "suitable indications X, will. "eloc'ate d in,

front of the machine to designate thedenomi:

jump upon the operation ofthe several-key national positions to which the carria e will members D; In Fig; 2 Ihaveindicated at Y a notched guide for receiving thekey-levers A and limiting their movement. Thisguide islocated at the front portion of the machine.

1 It is to be understood that when it is desired to operate thefimpression mechanism,

or, in other words, the type-bar, thekey D is depressed in-the usual manner. During [thisde ression of the saidkeyTD the ortion D of t e key member D doesnot a cot the rodgFor the parts connected with said rod;

- -I claimas my 'invention I. In a typewriter or the like, a lever, a' key member carried: by. said leverand movable toward and from thefulcrum thereof,.

- impression mechanism operated by the move-- ment of said lever, and tabulating. mechanism operated by moving the key memberv toward the fulcrum of the lever.

2. Ina 'tabulating device, a series of key members,-mounted to rock abouthorizontal axes, and provided with'downward extensions, a rock-shaft extending .-parallel with the axes of said key. members, a series of arms mounted on said shaft and provided with pins at different-distances from the re spective key-member extensions, which are adapted to engage said pins, andstop devices comprising a stop connected with said I'OCk'.

shaft and adjustable to different denominational positions according to the movement of said shaft.

3. In a'tabulating device, a serieslof key members mountedto rock about horizontal ,aXes, and provided with downwardextensions, a rocleshaft extending parallel with the axes of said key members, a series of arms mounted on s'aidshaft and provided with p ns at different distances from the respective key-member extensions which are adapted to engage said pins, a carriage-release de-- vice operated by the rocking movement of any one of said key members, and stop de vices comprising a stop connected .With said .rockshaft and adjustable to different denominational positions according to the movement of said shaft.

4. In a tabulating device, stop devices comprising a stop adjustable to different denominational positions,a tabulating-key for throwmg said stop to its chief or columnst0p i position, a carriage-release device connected with said tabulatmg-key, a series of pivoted keys for'moving said stop to different denominational positions, and mechanism operated by the pivotal movement of anyone of said series of keys, for transmitting such movement to the tabulating-key and'through its medium to the carriage-release mechanism.

5. In a type-Writer, a series ofimpressionkey ,levers, key members pivoted thereto, and stop devices comprising a stop adjust able to different denominational positions by the pivotal movement of-the key members 7 relatively to the said levers.

6. In a type-Writer or like machine, a lever, impression mechanism operated by the movement of said lever, a key member pivoted to said lever, and tabulating mechan' ism operated the pivotal movement of the key member relativelyto the-lever.

7. In a type-Writer or like machine, a. le-

ver, a key memberpivoted thereto, impression mechanism operated by the movement of said lever, carriagerfeed mechanism;also operatedby the saidmovement of the lever,-

and -,-spacing mechanism for moving the carriage in a manner different from that'eflectecl by the carriage-feed mechanism, said spaelng 4o mechanism being operated by the pivotal] movement of the key member relatively to the lever. I

[8. In a type-Writer or like machine, a le ver, a key member carried by said lever and of, impression mechanism operated the movement of said lever, carriage-feed mechanism also operated by the movement of said lever at the same time that the impression name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing. witnesses.

FRANZ X. WAGNER. Witnesses: i I

EUGENE EBLE, v HERMAN L. WAGNER.

member toward the -ful- 5 5 45 movablev toward and from thefulcrumthere- I 

